A VERY successful Eurobodalla River of Art ran throughout our shire from May 15 to 24 in various galleries and venues.
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The major Art Prize presentation took place at the SoART Gallery in Narooma on Monday, May 18.
Paul Dimmer is the winner of the major Art Prize for the Eurobodalla River of Art with his steel sculpture called “Black Dog (The Mongrel’s Back)”.
Local merchants have also been very generous in donating space for public viewing of art work during the ERoA.
Here is a letter from the Eurobodalla River of Art chairperson Sue Barford:
Eurobodalla River of Art Festival success
WE would like to thank you for attending the many and varied events during the festival May 14-25 and contributing to its huge success this year.
The arts are well and truly alive in Eurobodalla. We can all be justifiably proud of the creative and inspiring community in which we live.
Visitors to the festival say that they were astounded by the quality, creativeness and professionalism of our artists, and performers. Comments were made that the events, performances and works of art were of International standard and were more inspirational than most other festivals.
Eurobodalla River of Art would like to thank:
• Our very generous major sponsors; Destination NSW; Southern Cross Austereo; Eurobodalla Shire; Easts Holiday Parks; Excell Print; Mogendoura Farm, a Rural Retreat; South East Arts; Moruya Bowling Club, who all assisted with promotional funding. Framed By Tracey, who provided the SoArt Art Prize;
• Our very generous raffle sponsors; South Coast Sea Planes; Easts Holiday Parks; Moruya Chiro and Wellness; Mogo Zoo; Blue Earth Café; Bodalla Nursery and Narooma Kinema;
• The Wonderful tasty delights from Evolve, whilst experiencing Circus Evolution and the amazing sounds of Ironic Circus at our opening night at the Moruya Waterfront Hotel Motel;
• The Visitor Centres at Narooma and Batemans Bay for ticketing and promotion; Eurocoast Tourism for publicity and media support;
• Local media outlets: Narooma News and Bay Post;
• All the photographers that donated their time and creative skills to capturing the excitement of the past 10 days;
• The brilliant musicians and sound engineers (TransmediaAV) that performed in the Moruya Country Market and the extraordinary artists’ stalls; Moruya Country Markets for stall spaces;
• SoArt Committee that managed and organized the Eurobodalla River of Art: Art Prize and O’Briens Hotel;
• The artists that opened their studios to the public as part of the Open Studios Program;
• Artists and residents from South Durass with Judy Horacek;
• Vikki who shared her knowledge of Aboriginal Culture on the Binji Binji Budjarn Walking Track;
• Organizations that exhibited especially for the festival; Umbarra Cultural Centre; MACS, Splinters, BBACS; Artisan’s Nest; Moruya Community Film Group; Arts Central; South East Arts with the Waterways Museum; U3A; Moruya and District Historical Society;
• EFTAG Artists for their Wearable Art “Beastly”; Moruya Bowling Club for sponsorship, catering and drinks; Barny, Tracey and Jon for exceptional music to accompany the art; Moruya TAFE students and tutor Lisa Jones for their Make-up artworks; Behind-the scene-helpers;
• Eurobodalla Library Programs with Kate Forsythe and Merryn Apma;
• Businesses that held music events; North Street Café; Avan Yu; Twisted Productions in partnership with Narooma Kinema;
• Artists who ran exciting workshops and MACS for being such a positive supporter of the workshops program;
• Our wonderful Poetry Slam and the brilliant poets;
• All of the generous artists and business owners that collaborated together to hang art works in their shops for Art on Parade;
• Lastly to the tireless efforts of a very few dedicated Eurobodalla River of Arts volunteers who put in countless hours.
We are a not-for-profit organization, run purely by volunteers, whose main mission is to highlight and promote the Arts in the Eurobodalla and to bring much needed tourist dollars into the local economy in the off-peak tourist season.
It is by working together in the above ways that we can help renew our businesses and the support the well-being of our entire community.
Sue Barford
Chairperson Eurobodalla River of Art